Apache jamming at low load average

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Published on 2010-02-24T15:07:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 17:03 UTC
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Apache seems to stop responding sometimes even though apache processes are still running.

After restarting apache, the load average usually shoots up from 1 - 2 to 13 - 15 in a matter of seconds.

What would the cause of this be, or how could I find out why apache stops serving?

My httpd.conf is:

<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
    StartServers          8
    MinSpareServers       5
    MaxSpareServers      20
    MaxClients          50
    ServerLimit         50
    MaxRequestsPerChild   4000
</IfModule>

It's running on an EC2 c1.medium (1.7 GB of memory)

Thanks

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